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STATE 01' i-lIitNESOTA
COUNTY OF 'iAl,'cSEY
CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
RESOLUTION NO. 76-25
RESOLUTION ~IA[{ING RECOHNENDATIONS TO RAMSEY COUNTY
FOR THE IMPRCVill,IENT OF LEXINGTON AVENUE FROM
COUNTY ROAD "0" NORTHWARD TO COUNTY ROAD "J".
WHEREAS Arden Hills is concerned about future improvement of Lexington
Avenue and wiS!les to inform the Board of County Commissioners of its recommendations
for that portion of Lexington Avenue which abuts Arden Hills, and
.
WHEREAS the surrounding land uses and hence the traffic concentrations
and patterns differ over a number of the individual segments of Lexington Avenue
adjacent to Arden Hills and Shoreview, and
WHEREAS Arden Hills recognizes the importance of Lexington Avenue as a
link between Shoreview, Roseville and Arden Hills but does not encourage the
development of Lexington Avenue into a major North-South traffic thoroughfare, and
WHEREAS Lexington Avenue needs to be upgraded to accomplish its various
functions which depend on the maintenance of an efficient flow of traffic to the
adjacent communities of Shoreview, Roseville and Arden Hills, and
WHEREAS the future use of Lexington Avenue may show increases in
pedestrian, bicycle, transit and other alternate forms of transportation to the
car, and
WHEREAS Arden Hills feels that the surrounding land uses should be used
to define the design objectives of the upgrading of Lexington Avenue,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Arden Hills recommend to the Board of
County Commissioners that Lexington Avenue be divided into the following segments
and upgraded as described below:
SEGMENT I - COUNTY ROAD "J" TO VICTORIA STREET
To preserve the integrity of the area for the planned
residential development, and to protect recreational facil-
ities and the environment -
Maintain as an improved two lane road with detached bicycle
path on the West side.
SEGMENT 2 - VICTORIA STREET TO COUNTY ROAD "E"
To provide safe and efficient traffic flows and movements to
this predominantly industrial area, while also recogniziug
special requirements for the YMCA, the residential areas and
the watershed concerns for drainage -
Improve and upgrade to four lanes, providing extended turn lanes
as needed for safety, with a detached bicycle lane on the
East side.
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.
SEGMENT 3 - COUNTY ROAD "E" TO COUNTY ROAD "D"
To provide service compatible with the residential nature of
this segment and allow for future alternative transportation
modes, and to provide proper access to commercial developments
located from County Road "E" to Harriet -
Improve and upgrade to a two lane roadway, thirty-two feet from
curb to curb with a bicycle lane attached to the curb on
each side.
Passed and approved
of April, 1976.
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Charlotte llC~h, Clerk Admin~.strator
, Jr., Mayor